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Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Pitcher

If the pitcher knocks against a stone, woe to the pitcher; and if the stone knocks against the pitcher, woe to the pitcher.Spanish.

Little pitchers have great ears.

Little pitchers have long ears.

The pitcher does not go so often to the water but it comes home broken at last.

The pitcher goes often to the fountain, and once not.Modern Greek.

Whether the pitcher strike the stone or the stone the pitcher, woe to the pitcher.